I received an email today from DirecTV listing the current pay per view offerings for this week and saw a movie that Michelle said she wanted to see. OK, OK it’s Mike Myers’ “The Love Guru”, call me a wuss but I’m gonna enjoy it too. So I went to my Tivo to set it … Continue reading DirecTV or not DirecTV (or Netflix is in the wings)
I’m quite pleased, after leaving a single 60 Watt bulb on for nearly 10 days, here are the results from my Kill A Watt EZ P4460. They confirm that the unit appears to be functioning correctly and that my last couple of posted results are probably accurate. I was worried that the unit was under … Continue reading Kill A Watt EZ P4460 – Testing on a Known Power Consumer
The last time we saw legislation so ill-fitted to the ideals this amazing Constitutional Republic was when that most heinous piece of trash legislation called (ironically) “The Patriot Act” was cobbled together and dumped in representatives laps with no time for them to review the outrage contained therein. Nobody could not vote for something with … Continue reading General American sentiments and empathy concerning the kneejerk bailout plan.
I’m running Vista Enterprise on a T60 laptop and connect to my office using Cisco’s VPN client version 5.x . Lately I’ve been having problems with my DSL where it drops for about 15 seconds and then springs back to life (they’re sending me yet another modem to address the issue…). This is, of course, … Continue reading Your Cisco VPN drops and you can’t reconnect
I had the computer set up and it was showing fairly steady power consumption of around 220 watts. Again a little less than I expected. Turning off my smaller monitor drops the consumption by 19 Watts (s/b 34 Watts), the larger monitor by about 26 Watts (s/b 55 Watts). I’m going to disengage the power … Continue reading Kill A Watt EZ P4460 – Main Computer Results
In case you’re wondering what all those little silhouette icons are about, they are placeholders for folks with no avatar. An avatar is a graphical representation you provide to give others some kind of insight into who you are. In this largely anonymous “interworld” it can provide a way to let folks know that you’re … Continue reading Gravatars
In a word – Great! The iGolf neo is a compact GPS unit you can use while golfing to let you know how far away you are from the front, back and center of the green. The maps are downloaded from their website to which you subscribe for a modest fee. Once you’ve downloaded a … Continue reading iGolf neo – My latest gadget for Golf
I originally heard about “Woken Furies” on a “Tech Nation” podcast interview with author Richard K. Morgan. The universe he described sounded intriguing so I picked up the book last December and have been slowly reading it ever since. I don’t tend to rush through books I’m enjoying as I like them to last as … Continue reading Woken Furies by Richard K. Morgan
I had intended to let the Kill A Watt have a little more time with my hair dryer but I was having such gargantuan issues with my DSL today that I decided to turn off my whole computer system (UPS, Router, Modem, the works). Since this is such a rare event and, since I wanted … Continue reading Kill A Watt EZ P4460 – Hair drier Results
Beefeater fries are among the most difficult to do right. They’re either too cooked (burned) or limp and soul-less. But the Three Dollar Cafe Jr. (located on Old Milton Parkway about 1 1/2 miles East of Northpoint Parkway) always gets them right. Notwithstanding the fact that their Wings (boneless wings for me thank you) are … Continue reading Three Dollar Cafe Jr. Fries – Excellent Plus!
